DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/16 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 13.7 - - 30.2 - - 32.5 - - 29.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -30 - - 17 - - -20 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 45 - - 256 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 934 - - 1145 - - 935 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 86 - - 361 - - 839 - - 526 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 0 - - 70 - - 16 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 15 - - 13 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 187 - - 204 - - 209 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -870 - - -840 - - -554 - - -348 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1804 - - 1985 - - 1490 - - 1283 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -21092 - - -15401 - - -14121 - - -14308 ODpotential blCL - - - 22026 - - 16546 - - 15056 - - 15243 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 79 - - 83 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 13.7 - - 30.2 - - 32.5 - - 29.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 9.5 - - 24.9 - - 29.4 - - 26.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 16.7 - - 30.3 - - 33.9 - - 32.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 10.0 - - 24.4 - - 29.1 - - 27.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -30 - - 17 - - -20 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 45 - - 256 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 15 - - 31 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95341 62 310 64 303 66 316 55 309 95341 88594 60 304 58 298 56 305 54 303 88594 83341 55 312 47 300 46 306 47 301 83341 78898 50 311 41 300 37 301 40 300 78898 75007 44 303 35 303 35 298 38 304 75007 71533 41 304 34 300 37 294 37 294 71533 68376 42 309 33 295 39 292 34 286 68376 65474 40 307 34 294 36 288 29 288 65474 62765 43 313 35 298 36 282 29 294 62765 60100 49 307 45 300 37 271 36 275 60100 57305 48 298 48 290 35 283 41 264 57305 54422 46 291 45 276 44 286 38 268 54422 51673 47 302 46 273 50 278 45 284 51673 49179 54 302 51 283 57 278 60 284 49179 46926 55 298 56 288 60 275 70 280 46926 44870 55 297 51 284 58 274 67 270 44870 42988 55 295 45 282 59 272 61 264 42988 41274 51 291 46 280 60 267 60 264 41274 39717 43 290 46 279 56 260 65 264 39717 38283 38 283 48 276 51 265 63 260 38283 36941 44 279 49 276 49 268 61 256 36941 35644 43 274 47 279 49 261 61 252 35644 34326 41 273 43 273 52 263 56 254 34326 32956 39 272 51 259 53 261 54 257 32956 31535 37 274 53 265 52 261 56 265 31535 30051 40 269 52 270 52 263 57 262 30051 28490 43 263 51 265 51 265 56 256 28490 26853 49 258 51 260 52 267 56 254 26853 25137 59 259 55 260 54 264 58 255 25137 23346 60 262 55 262 55 264 59 257 23346 21482 54 274 51 268 55 268 52 258 21482 19541 50 280 47 270 50 267 43 256 19541 17519 42 280 41 267 44 264 41 259 17519 15457 38 280 35 269 36 266 36 264 15457 13470 37 279 32 279 31 270 28 267 13470 11664 34 280 30 285 28 271 29 270 11664 10059 30 281 26 280 28 267 32 272 10059 8633 27 282 25 270 28 263 34 270 8633 7362 25 278 25 262 28 258 34 265 7362 6231 26 269 25 257 29 252 35 260 6231 5229 26 260 27 255 31 249 35 262 5229 4347 27 255 28 252 34 251 37 264 4347 3573 27 247 30 248 35 249 36 264 3573 2890 28 233 32 238 38 243 37 256 2890 2295 27 223 34 226 38 233 40 239 2295 1805 27 219 31 215 34 221 39 227 1805 1432 26 214 28 211 26 212 32 218 1432 1177 22 201 20*206 21 210 24 213 1177 1023 17*193 18*205 19*209 21*212 1023 935 8*187 14 204 13*209 13*211 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography